from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Around; in circuit; circularly; round and round; on every side; in every direction; all around.

Circuitously; in a roundabout course.

Hither and thither; to and fro; up and down; here and there.

Near in time, number, quantity, quality, or degree; nearly; approximately; almost.

[In contracts made on the New York Stock Exchange, the term about means “not more than three days” when applied to time, and “not more than 10 per cent.” when used with reference to a number of shares.]

In readiness; intending; going: after the verb to be.

At work; astir; begin in earnest: used with the force of an imperative.

Nautical, to take a different direction, as a vessel in tacking.

On the outside or outer surface of; surrounding; around; all around.

Near to in place; close to; at: as, about the door. See the adv., 4.

Over or upon different parts; here and there; backward and forward; in various directions.

When in the late summer of 2008 he first publicly floated a trial balloon about seeking a third term, he did it by saying he\'d have to \ "seriously think about\" running if the Council decided to upend the two-term constraint.

If you LISTEN to what he says you will hear loud and clear how much he cares about the state of this country and how he wants to provide solutions to the issues we face, including tax relief, healthcare for everyone and addressing the disaster that Bill Clinton ** knew about and did nothing about** known as global warming.

So when I say that walls need to come down, I mean that we all need to be more honest about what our jobs mean, why we work and how they can be improved, which means tolerance for talking *about* work in a social context.

But then, I began having doubts about my former side, when I noticed that conservative magazines were full of articles talking at length *about* liberals, but rarely a quote *by* one, and when there were, a sentence fragment, often proving to be taken out of context themselves.